CMS Price Transparency Data

Breathing treatment (nebulizer)

Facility: Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children

Billing Code: 94640 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price low confidence

A fair price for this

$117

about 0.5× the $224 Medicare rate · typically $8–$331

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$125

About the fair price

about $8 over the fair price · 0.6× Medicare

Medicare pays $224 Fair price $117 This hospital $125 Cash price $558 Hospital's list price $558

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How this hospital compares to other TX hospitals

Highest price of the 9 TX hospitals we have prices for — worth calling around.

Cheapest $24 Priciest $125

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 TX hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.

⚠ The cash price looks unusually high next to the insurance price — it may be the full list price, not a real cash discount. Call to confirm the self-pay rate.

A fair price for a Breathing treatment (nebulizer) is about $117 (about 0.5× the $224 Medicare rate). Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children charges insurers about $125, or about $558 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Dallas, TX.

What each insurance company pays

Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.

4 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Cigna HumanaKaiser Permanente

Crossed out = this hospital hasn’t published a negotiated price for that insurer for this procedure. It doesn’t necessarily mean they aren’t accepted — ask your insurer.

Insurance company	Price range	vs. Medicare
UnitedHealthcaremajor	$246 - $363	110%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$246 - $557	110%
Aetnamajor	$15 - $253	7%
Cignamajor	$125	56%
Molina	$246	110%
+ 8 smaller / regional plans	$246 - $418

Government programs also on file: Medicaid, Military & VA.

Excludes 1 rental-network / third-party entry (e.g. Multiplan, PHCS) — these are pricing networks, not insurers.

Self-Pay How to get the cash price

Tell the billing desk you want to be billed as self-pay — not through insurance — before your visit.
Ask for the cash / prompt-pay discount in writing, with the exact price (about 558), before you agree to anything.
Get it in writing that they won’t also bill your insurance, so the cash price is what you owe.
Check the CPT code on your bill matches exactly: 94640.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 94640.
Confirm the doctor or provider is in-network too — not just the hospital building.
Check your Explanation of Benefits against the hospital’s final itemized bill.

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Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.